Hopes, fears and the diary of Malala Yousufzai
"I was afraid of going to school because the Taliban had issued an edict banning all girls from attending schools," wrote Malala Yousufzai in her diary in 2009. The Pakistani teenager today recuperat
Afghan civil war feared as Taliban survive US surge
With the end of the US surge in Afghanistan, the Taliban have survived the biggest military onslaught the West will throw at them -- and fears are growing that a disastrous new civil war looms.
Two US Marines face courts martial over Taliban urination
Two US Marines will face trial by courts martial for urinating on the bodies of dead Taliban fighters in Afghanistan and posing for photographs with them, the Pentagon said on Monday.
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Pakistan minister offers bounty for anti-Islam filmmaker
A Pakistani government minister Saturday offered a $100,000 reward for the death of the maker of the anti-Islam film produced in the US that sparked violent protests across the Muslim world.
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Taliban pose as ‘attractive women’ on Facebook for spying
Taliban insurgents are posing as ‘attractive women’ on Facebook to befriend coalition soldiers for gathering sensitive intelligence about operations in Afghanistan, an Australian government report has
Many killed in blast near UNHCR office in northwest Pakistan
An explosives-laden car rammed a vehicle leaving the US Consulate in Peshawar city of northwest Pakistan on Monday, killing at least three persons and injuring over a dozen others, including foreig
Many killed in Taliban attack on Pak check post
Heavily-armed Taliban militants attacked a check post in Pakistan's lawless tribal belt killing at least nine soldiers and losing 10 of their own men, security officials said on Wednesday.
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Many beheaded at party in bloody Afghan day
Taliban Islamist insurgents beheaded 17 party-goers, 10 Afghan soldiers were killed and two NATO troops shot dead in a new insider attack in a bloody day across Afghanistan, officials said Monday.
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Taliban behead 17 at party in Afghanistan: Officials
Taliban Islamist insurgents beheaded 17 civilians, including two women, who were holding a party with music in a southern Afghanistan village, officials said on Monday.
US drone kills five militants in Pakistan: Officials
A US drone attack Saturday killed at least five militants in a remote Pakistani tribal town near the Afghanistan border, security officials said.
The drone fired two missiles on a compound in Shuweda